The dark secret of the 4th of July

Chapter 3: The day after the 4th of July

6.30am

I wake up to the sound of my phone ringing, I look at my phone and see who is ringing. My step mum face lights up the screen I don't answer her and I just let it ring, maybe she thinks I'm dead the thing is she didn't die even though I wish she did. I've decided that I would get up and go somewhere maybe back home because my family probably think I'm like dead but oh well. I'm going to head that way just give me a minute to get back into town without getting lost in the Forest.

I am walking into the town and see people looking normal but some people and sad. But it is just like a normal day at the town seeing people everywhere not giving a shit about anything. I start to walk to my house but people are looking at me with this cold look. I felt like they thought I had something to do with the 4th of July murders, WHICH I did not! I would never kill I'm trying to figure who the fuck actually did this, it isn't as easy as it looks. I keep walking keeping my head down and not looking at anyone but I felt like they were coming closer so I looked up and it was luckily only Lillie she grabbed my hand and started running I was running with her. We ended up in Ethan's house. Everyone was there my friends and family. I look up to see everyone so worried and scared because they thought I went missing. Ethan runs downstairs to see me, I look up at him he has cuts all over his face and bruises. I felt really light headed and couldn't talk

"Naomi what's wrong" Ethan asked me.

I start to go really faint Ethan starts to put his arms around me he lifts me up and puts me on the couch, as he is walking I pass out in his arms. So many things were going on they didn't know what to do. Ethan puts on the couch and sees if I'm still breathing luckily I was. Well that's all I can remember the rest was all a blur. A minutes later I started to wake up my eyes slowly opened well that's what I thought. I sit up and see no one around but I hear something coming from the kitchen I start to slowly walk to the kitchen feeling dazed but able to walk. I get into the kitchen and I see a young lady singing with a little girl but as I start to look at the lady more I start to realise it's my mum.

"Mum?" I say in total confusion

The lady looked at me and neck started to become red like something was around it and her skin became really white and her eyes became white as snow just like Tim and Jesse did. I start to freeze as the little girl starts to walk towards me her arms were cut and bruised just like mine were when my mum died. My mum looked at me with tears as she starts to say.

"This is what happened sweetie what happens to everyone. I'm sorry I hurt you but it is my time to die it will be your turn one day to, the monster found out about you. Your friends and family are in danger he wants you. You are the only reason this is happening if you just die and everyone is safe... the only thing is it's not that easy you may be the last one standing the monster might want to put you through pain and won't let you die so be careful don't be stupid"

I think about what my mum said and I realise to save the rest of the town I must die first and that is what my plan was kill myself so I don't have to go through too much lose. I don't want to be the last one standing no no I will not allow it! I don't know what my mum meant about the monster not letting me die. Who is this person how did he find out about me! I have to figure this out before its too late there has to be a way out of this. I look up back at my mother her eyes filled with fear and pain as she was standing in front of someone. The room started to change from the kitchen to a weird place I sore a shadow of a person standing in front of my mother the shadow became more 3D as I see the thing grab knife and a rope. He ties my mum up to a chair and ties a rope around her neck. I shut my eyes because I didn't want to see anymore but I felt someone pushing me so I opened my eyes and turned around seeing nothing but my mother tied up in a chair with cuts all over her. I start to run towards her but as I got closer I started to notice she was hanging from a rope on the top the roof. I try to recognise where I am but I can't but then things started to disappear I felt someone hand on my arm a soft touch I wake up again this time I was back in reality I see Ethan looking at me I cuddle into his arms not saying a word he warps his arms around me. My sister Halley walks in the door she's bleeding all over her legs and arms she went missing for a while so I was shocked to see her but before I got to hug her, Kiana and Bella run towards her and grab her and take her upstairs. I don't know why they were all upstairs so I asked Ethan to take me upstairs he told me that I should just stay down here Bella came downstairs.

"Hey Naomi"

"Oh Hey Bella"

"have you seen Lillie"

"Yeah she's in the Kitchen, before you go what's wrong with Halley"

"Don't worry she's okay now she won't tell us what happened"

"Oh okay"

"I think she forget some things, anyways I'm going to see Lillie now"

"Okay bye Bella"

"Cya Naomi"

(Bella is short for Annabella, so pretty much Bella is one of my friends aka Lillie's girlfriend so they have been together for 2 years now. But yeah that's Bella)

I try to talk to Ethan and explain what I saw but I just can't get my words out I feel as I am speechless not nothing happened. Ethan looked at me with worry and confusion and I was trying to talk to him, what is wrong with me why can't I talk maybe I'm just shocked too much. I don't know how to feel about it my heart sinks into my stomach. I just feel this rage to punch something or kill someone but I'm not going to hurt anyone I push my rage behind me and get up off the couch, I feel so lost and lonely but I have so many people around me that love me. I start to walk to the kitchen and I walk into my step mother standing there singing making some food, I try to ignore it and start to walk out the back door to see if I could get something into my head what was the place that I saw where could it be is it real or am I just dreaming..

I start to head home with my sister and my father leaving my step mother behind my sister seems fine the day was just so dark and sad I didn't know how to deal, my dad put us in the car and drove away far away from the town of AprilTroff I don't know why he was going so far but he took as over hills and rivers until we finally got to a house, it seemed familiar like I've seen it before. My nana and grandpa walk out the door I run up to hug them, they hug me back they take me inside their house and show me to where I would be staying by the time we all got settled in it was already late. I have to go I can't write anymore for today it's getting too late for me bye guys.